College Football
BOXSCORE
Wake Forest 42, Western Carolina 10
Saturday, September 6, 2025 2:00 PM
Location - Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium
Attendance - 28239
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Western Carolina 0 3 0 7 10
Wake Forest 21 0 21 0 42
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 5:57
Wake Forest   TD  Wake Forest 7 - Western Carolina 0
Robby Ashford 41 yd. run (Connor Calvert kick)
1st Quarter - 2:59
Wake Forest   TD  Wake Forest 13 - Western Carolina 0
Demond Claiborne 33 yd. run (pass failed)
1st Quarter - 2:47
Wake Forest   TD  Wake Forest 19 - Western Carolina 0
Demond Claiborne 27 yd. run (pass failed)
1st Quarter - 0:27
Wake Forest   S  Wake Forest 21 - Western Carolina 0
Bennett Judy tackled in end zone for a safety
2nd Quarter - 5:46
Western Carolina   FG  Wake Forest 21 - Western Carolina 3
Christian Lowery 23 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 12:29
Wake Forest   TD  Wake Forest 28 - Western Carolina 3
Demond Claiborne 85 yd. run (Connor Calvert kick)
3rd Quarter - 7:16
Wake Forest   TD  Wake Forest 35 - Western Carolina 3
Sterling Berkhalter 51 yd. pass from Robby Ashford (Connor Calvert kick)
3rd Quarter - 1:52
Wake Forest   TD  Wake Forest 42 - Western Carolina 3
Jeremiah Melvin 27 yd. pass from DeShawn Purdie (Connor Calvert kick)
4th Quarter - 6:49
Western Carolina   TD  Wake Forest 42 - Western Carolina 10
Markel Townsend 1 yd. run (Marcus Trout kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Western Carolina Wake Forest
W‑L 0 - 2 - 0 2 - 0 - 0
Conference 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Western Carolina Wake Forest
Score 10 42
1st Downs 17 21
3rd Down Efficiency 4-for-17
24%
4-for-10
40%
4th Down Efficiency 2-for-3
67%
0-for-1
0%
Total Yards 238 542
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 33-34 31-273
Average/Rush 1.0 8.8
Passing
Comp-Att 26-43 16-26
Passing Yards 204 269
Average/Pass Play 4.2 10.3
Penalties-Yards 5-48 3-22
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-2
Interceptions Thrown 1 1
Time of Possession 35:58 24:02
PLAYER STATS
Western Carolina (0 - 2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Judy 18/32 155 0 1
I. Lee 8/10 49 0 0
J. Tyre 0/1 0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
I. Lee 5 40 8.0 0
C. Reid 9 10 1.1 0
B. Adams 3 5 1.7 0
M. Townsend 3 5 1.7 1
P. Boyd Jr. 4 3 0.8 0
D. Dutton 1 1 1.0 0
B. Judy 6 -27 -4.5 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
M. Knight 5 56 11.2 0
J. Tyre 3 29 9.7 0
D. Dutton 3 25 8.3 0
M. Striggles 4 21 5.2 0
P. Richards-Baker 1 17 17.0 0
J. Thomas 2 15 7.5 0
C. Reid 1 15 15.0 0
M. Townsend 3 13 4.3 0
B. Adams 1 6 6.0 0
D. Hulbert 1 5 5.0 0
P. Boyd Jr. 2 2 1.0 0
Wake Forest (2 - 0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
R. Ashford 13/22 227 1 1
D. Purdie 3/4 42 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
D. Claiborne 10 193 19.3 3
R. Ashford 7 66 9.4 1
T. Clark 7 19 2.7 0
T. Carney 1 9 9.0 0
J. Clements 1 4 4.0 0
C. Barnes 1 3 3.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
C. Barnes 6 149 24.8 0
S. Berkhalter 2 72 36.0 1
J. Melvin 2 30 15.0 1
K. Johnson 2 10 5.0 0
T. Clark 1 9 9.0 0
C. Hernandez 1 1 1.0 0
D. Claiborne 2 -2 -1.0 0